Can you provide a little more info about how your users are finding that the search feature is not meeting their needs? Also, have you checked out the improvements we've made to search in SBS 3.0? Try out searching for some topics on this site for a sample.

As for your other questions, they'll require me to look under the covers for a little more info about how the code works. I'll take a look and get back to you.

The quick search is only intended to give you the top five results in Content, People, and Places. The feature is designed so that users can get a quick sampling of the available search results, then click on the View All Results link for a more comprehensive list. We found this to be the best possible design for balancing speed and effectiveness in our search functionality.

I tested this out on both 2.5.7 and 3.0.4, and in both versions it worked as expected.

Does the All Results search return the expected result? It is possible that your  search index is incomplete, and needs to be updated. You can update/rebuild your search index on the System > Settings > Search page.

For performance reasons, the lookahead search feature doesn't pick up results until there are three characters in the box. However, if you click the search button or press enter, you will see that IT is found in the search.

Hi,

It appears that this may be a limitation with search in 2.5. I have confirmed that this works in 3.0, and in fact you can confirm this by using the search box on this page.

However, I have one more thing to try:

• Go to the Admin Console: System > Settings > Search. Click the Stop Words tab, and remove 'it' from the list.
• Rebuild your search index.

Regards,
Karl

Our search formula is based on the standard for Apache Lucene: http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_4_0/scoring.html. In addition, we give extra weight to search results based on popularity (how often is content viewed, edited or replied to), age, subject, and tagging. For exact details on how this works, you're more than welcome to dig into the code base . 

No problem, I am glad to help. I think that based on your feedback here, you will be very happy with the level of quality in search in SBS 3.0. Refining search was one of the "under-the-radar" improvements in the new release, and from all the responses we've seen so far, it seems to have succeeded.

Regards,
Karl